System and method for selectively displaying web page elements
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- (a) identifying, via a computing device, an element of content to be visibly displayed, the element having a first name and a first address;
(b) storing, via the computing device, the first name and the first address;
(c) receiving, at the computing device, a display request to visibly display the identified element, the display request comprising information that identifies at least the first name or first address associated with the element;
(d) in response to receiving the display request, retrieving, via the computing device, content associated with the first address, at least a portion of the content comprising the identified element; and
(e) analyzing, via the computing device, the content to obtain the identified element, said analyzing comprising parsing said portion of the retrieved content to obtain the identified element via a document object model of the content and identify information that is updated based on the identified element, said updated information corresponding to the first name and first address of the identified element.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for selectively displaying content corresponding to web page elements. A web page element can comprise one or more DIV tags that may be used to encapsulate and identify other elements and information. The first name and the first address of the element are stored. In a receiving operation, a display request to visibly display the element, is received. A received display request identifies the first name or the first address, or both, of the element. In response to receiving the display request, content associated with the first address, and at least a portion of the content comprising the identified element are retrieved. The content to obtain the identified element is parsed, and the identified element is subsequently displayed.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) identifying, via a computing device, an element of content to be visibly displayed, the element having a first name and a first address; (b) storing, via the computing device, the first name and the first address; (c) receiving, at the computing device, a display request to visibly display the identified element, the display request comprising information that identifies at least the first name or first address associated with the element; (d) in response to receiving the display request, retrieving, via the computing device, content associated with the first address, at least a portion of the content comprising the identified element; and (e) analyzing, via the computing device, the content to obtain the identified element, said analyzing comprising parsing said portion of the retrieved content to obtain the identified element via a document object model of the content and identify information that is updated based on the identified element, said updated information corresponding to the first name and first address of the identified element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a plurality of processors; (a) a identification module, implemented by at least one of said plurality of processors, that identifies an element of content to be visibly displayed, the element having a first name and a first address; (b) a storage module associated with a computer-readable storage medium that stores the first name and the first address; (c) a communications module, implemented by at least one of said plurality of processors, that receives a display request to visibly display the identified element, the display request comprises information that identifies at least the first name or first address associated with the element, and, in response to receiving the display request, retrieves content associated with the first address, at least a portion of the content comprising the identified element; and (d) at least one of said processors analyzes the content to obtain the identified element by parsing said portion of the retrieved content to obtain the identified element via a document object model of the content and identify information that is updated based on the identified element, said updated information corresponding to the first name and first address of the identified element.
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24. A computer readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer executable instructions, that when executed by a computer, perform a method comprising:
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(a) identifying an element of content to be visibly displayed, the element having a first name and a first address; (b) storing the first name and the first address; (c) receiving a display request to visibly display the identified element, the display request comprises information that identifies at least the first name or first address associated with the element; (d) in response to receiving the display request, retrieving content associated with the first address, at least a portion of the content comprising the identified element; and (e) analyzing the content to obtain the identified element by parsing said portion of the retrieved content to obtain the identified element via a document object model of the content and identify information that is updated based on the identified element, said updated information corresponding to the first name and first address of the identified element.
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